Commentaries

By SGT. 1ST CLASS TYRONE MARSHALL JR.
American Forces Press Serviice
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta led the Pentagon in honoring the “lasting impact” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during its 27th annual observance in Washington Thursday.
“Dr. King’s dream was America’s dream, and as he put it, the dream was about taking the whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by our founding fathers,” Mr, Panetta said.

By ALEX HORTON
Vantage Point
A few weeks ago, we warned against an increasingly prevalent narrative in news: That war veterans are violent, unstable and dangerous. I explained why that simply isn’t the case, and how those aspersions can hurt vets and deepen the divide between us and civilians.

VAntage Point
It is amazing how many miracles happen in our lives, but we don’t notice them because we are speeding through so fast and often forget to be grateful for the little ties that bind us.
In 2003, Chris Lynch was attending his first National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic after surviving a near-fatal brain injury three years prior while serving as an Army combat engineer in the 82nd Airborne Division.
That same month, Alan Babin, an Army combat medic with the 82nd Airborne Division, was grievously wounded while serving in Iraq.

By JEFF HORTON
Veterans Affairs, Vantage Point Blog